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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. M. HAWLBY.

GATE.

Patented May 28, 1889.

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JAMES M. HAIVLEY, OF ODIN, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,086, dated May 28,1889.

Application filed December 21, 1888. Serial No. 294,261. (No model.)

To all wwn'z, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES M. I-IAWLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Odin, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois,

5 have invented new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gates; and it consists incertain novel features 1o hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aperspective view of a gateconstructed in accordance with my invention, showing the gate closed.Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing I 5 the gate opened. Fig. 3 is avertical section on the line :r .fr of Fig. 2,and Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail View of the hinge-post and the end of the gate.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A deszo ignates the hinge-post, andB the latch-post, which are set in the ground at opposite sides of theroadway, as will be readily understood, and O designates a latch-post,which is set in the ground at a distance from the hinge-post 25 A and onthe same side of the road as the hinge-post. The latch-posts B C areprovided with a number of catches, D, having shoulders E on their undersides, which are adapted to be engaged by the end of the latch on thegate,

5o as will be presently more fully described.

The gate F is composed of the usual vertical end bars, G, and the railsH, secured to and between said end bars. The inner end bar G is extendedupward to nearly the same 3 5 height as the hinge-post A, and isprovided at its lower end and near its center with the eyes or rings II, which engage the vertical rods .I J, secured to the hinge-post, andthereby form the hinges for the gate. The gate is thus al- 4o loWed toswing freely, and at the same time can be raised or lowered, as may bedesired. The gate is supported at the desired height by asupporting-rod, K, which is made in two sections, L M, connected by aturn-buckle, N, at

V.U5 their inner ends and provided with hooks O at their outer ends. Thehook at the end of the lower section is made to engage one of the railsof the gate, and the hook at the end of the upper section engages aneyebolt, P, se-

5o cured in the hinge-'post at the upper end of the same. It will thusbe seen that the supporting-rod is extensible and that the gate can beraised or lowered by rotating the turnbuckle in the proper direction.

The gate is provided at its center with a ver- 5 5 tical bar, Q, and thelatch R is pivoted at its center upon the said bar Q and has one endprojecting through a slot in the outer end bar G in the gate and adaptedto engage one of the catches B. The inner end of the latch is 6o keptnormally depressed by a spring, S, having one end secured to the latchand its other end secured to one of the rails of the gate. The tensionof the said spring can be varied by causing its end to engage the properone 65 of a series of openings, T, in the rail of the gate. The innerend of the latch being thus depressed, the outer end of the same iselevated, so as to engage one of the catches, as will be readilyunderstood. The latch is fur- 7o ther provided near its outer end withthe lateral pins U, which serve as handles, by which the latch may bemanually operated.

The inner end bar of the gate is provided at its upper end with ahorizontal arm, V, and 7 5 a jointed connecting-rod, W, extends downwardfrom the end of the said arm to the inner end of the latch, and issecured thereto.

X X designate posts, which are set in the ground at the side of theroadway and at a 8o distance from the hinge-post of the gate, and havethe operating-levers Y fulcrumed upon their upper ends. The said leversY are fulcrumed at points about midway between their ends, and the upperends of the levers are con- 85 nected by a rod, Z, so as to secure asimultaneous action of the levers. Aconnecting-rod,

a, extends from the lo-Wer end of one of the levers to the end of thearm V, and a similar connecting-rodi), extends from the lower end 9o ofthe other lever to the joint of the connecting-rod WV. By thisarrangement when the levers Y are operated the latch will be releasedfrom the catches on the post B and the gate opened.

A spring, c, is secured to the side of the post O and acts as a buiferto prevent the gate, when opened, coming against the said post with suchforce as to break or otherwise in jure the latch or other parts.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

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it is thought the operation of my gate willbe readily understood. Byvibrating the levers Y the inner end of the latch will be raised againstthe tension of the spring T and the outer end of the latch depressed, soas to release it from the hooks, and the movement of the levers beingcontinued the several connecting-rods will be drawn upon, so as to causethe gate to swing open, as will be readily understood.

When it is desired to close the gate, the levers are vibrated in thesame direction as formerly in order to release the latch, and are thenmoved in a contrary direction to close the gate. Y

My gate can be operated by a person on the ground, or in a vehicle, oron horseback, and is very light, so that not much force isrequired tooperate it. The gate can be quickly set at any desired height to clearsnow, stones, or otherobstructions on the ground, and also to separatesmall stock from large stock. By having the outer end of the latchraised, so as to engage shoulders on the under side of the hooks D, Iprevent the gates being opened by reason of the stock lifting the latch,as heretofore.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to'secureby Letters Paten t, IS-t 1. The combination of the latch-posthaving a series of catches, the gate, mechanism for adjusting the gatevertically, the latch pivoted thereon and adapted to engage one of said.

catches, mechanism for releasing the latch, and a vertically-disposedspring secured to the post and bearing on the gate, as set forth. 2. Thecombination of the posts A X X, the gate supported by the postA andhaving one end bar provided with an arm, V, the levers pivoted to theupper ends of the posts X X, connecting-rods extending between the upperends of the said levers, the latch on the gate, the jointedconnecting-rod extending between the arm V and the latch, the rodextending from the lower end of one of the levers to the end of the armV, and the rod extending from the lower end of the other lever to thejoint of the jointed connecting-rod, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. HAVVLEY. Vitnesse's:

F. D. HARRIS, A. D. TROUT-

